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"In a working paper published last year, Chiara Franzoni of the polimi Graduate School of Management and Paula Stephan of Georgia State University look at a number of measures of risk, based on analyses of text and the variability of citations. These suggest science’s reward structure discourages academics from taking chances"

I believe the focus should be in making more basic science affordable to private parties where the incentives for innovation are more clear. Scientific instruments and equipment are incredible expensive, taking action to make them affordable and within reach of more startup companies would definitely have an impact.